Definizione monolingua

diligence

diligence (plural diligences)

1. conscientiousness or determination or perseverance when doing something
2. (religion) One of the seven contrary virtues, opposite the vice of sloth.
3. A public stage-coach. (19th century, now used only in reference to France or other European countries including Great Britain.)
   • 1879, Robert Louis Stevenson, Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes:

     Being in a civilised country of stage-coaches, I determined to sell my lady friend and be off by the diligence that afternoon.

Definizione dizionario diligence

diligenza

applicazione

assiduità

cura

impegno

laboriosità

perseveranza

solerzia

zilo

Altri significati:

A public stage-coach.

absorption (in something)

(religion) One of the seven contrary virtues, opposite the vice of sloth

A public stage-coach. (19th century, now used only in reference to France or other European countries including Great Britain.)

conscientiousness or determination or perseverance when doing something

(religion) One of the seven contrary virtues, opposite the vice of sloth.